Does Hansbrough have what it takes for the NBA?
Posted Apr 4, 2008
Other than losing, there’s nothing Tyler Hansbrough hates more than being told he can’t do something. So when the North Carolina star hears the inevitable conversations about how he lacks the size and strength to be a productive player in the National Basketball Association, he takes it as a challenge, rather than an insult. “Whenever the young man chooses to go, he’s going to be a No. 1 draft choice,” Roy Williams, said recently.
(Fayetteville Observer)
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